Spy Wars: I can get rewards by being a bully!

Chapter 1072 Hanaya Masato is sweating profusely

Tanabe really didn't expect things to turn out this way.

As the commander of the local military police, he had extensive experience in interrogation and naturally possessed superb counter-interrogation skills.

In fact, even if the Beiping authorities found out that Li Shiqun died from an amoebic infection, even if they found out who infected him with this bacteria, even if they obtained a confession that Tanabe Kenji was the one who instructed him to do all of this, Tanabe could still deny it to the death.

He even hoped that the Beiping Military Police Command would torture him.

Once he is tortured and suffers some physical pain, he can turn the tables and overturn all the evidence against him.

But he never expected that Lin Ze's thinking was more like that of a political man than that of an intelligence agent.

He finally realized the huge flaw in his plan: he had forgotten to consider the enormous political risks he was taking on.

Kenji Tanabe looked desperate. “Commander Lin, I admire your abilities, but whether I talk about it or not, I will die. I have a secret account at the Yokohama Specie Bank’s Nanjing branch. I will give it to you. In return, please let me go back to the Rokukoku Hotel and let me commit suicide.”

Lin Ze tossed him another cigarette. "You killed Li Shiqun in Beiping. Now you say you want to commit suicide in Beiping too. What, is Beiping some kind of auspicious place that makes you all die here?"

Tanabe Ken remained silent.

Lin Ze took out his lighter again and lit his cigarette, saying as he did so, "Back then, Doi Hazumi also thought he was going to die, but now he's become a lieutenant general in all his glory. If I can pull strings with someone of his rank, what are you, a colonel, compared to him?"

Tanabe Kenji was somewhat tempted, but still shook his head. "Since you know about General Shibayama Kenjiro, you should understand that I am too deeply involved with him. If this gets out, he will definitely not let me off the hook."

“Shibayama Kenshiro has a lot of power, but can he be more powerful than those big shots in Tokyo? Tanabe, you’re in a dead end now. No matter which way you go, you’re doomed. So what you need to deal with isn’t your opponent, but the referee. I’ll make arrangements for you in Tokyo. You can’t go back to Nanjing, and you don’t want to stay in Beijing. How about going to Hong Kong?”

It's hard to believe that Kenjiro Tanabe is still alive.

"Commander Lin, I don't mean any disrespect, but can you influence the personnel arrangements at headquarters?"

Lin Ze laughed, “Tanabe-kun, deciding where a colonel is transferred doesn’t necessarily require influencing the General Headquarters, does it? The position of Commander of the Nanjing Military Police might be a significant one here, and you certainly hold a high position of power, but in some people’s eyes, what are you and I? Too many people and too many departments can decide where you go. You decide for yourself: either you are silenced by Hata Shungo, or you commit suicide as you said, or believe me, as long as this matter is settled, I will arrange for you to go to the port city. You won’t even need to go to Nanjing. The appointment will be issued soon, and you can leave directly from Tianjin by boat.”

This time, Kenji Tanabe remained silent for a full five minutes.

“I did kill Li Shiqun. He was indeed cautious, and his secretary had to prepare all his food and drink. However, his secretary kept several women in Nanjing and was involved in smuggling. She was caught by us and eventually agreed to cooperate with my operation. At first, I did intend to use an atropine mixture to fake his death from a heart attack. But then I thought that it was too obvious that people from the Special Higher Police preferred to use atropine mixtures to poison their targets. So I asked Shibayama Kenshiro to ask his spy colleagues in Southeast Asia to get the latest bacterial preparation. I didn’t expect that your doctor would be able to discover this.”

"Who directly ordered you to do this?"

"Since General Shibayama Kenshiro arrived in Jinling as the chief advisor, the Jinling Reform Office has been uncooperative in many ways. Because Wang Jingwei also has the support of some powerful figures, General Shibayama Kenshiro has never been able to grasp the highest power of the Jinling Reform Office, which makes him very dissatisfied. He plans to start with the intelligence department and rebuild a large intelligence team, not mainly for counter-espionage, but to control the key members of the Jinling Reform Office. However, Li Shiqun holds onto the intelligence department and does not let go, which greatly hinders the realization of General Shibayama's intentions. Therefore, the general finally decided to get rid of him."

"Would you be willing to record these words, compile them into a report, and sign it?"

At this point, Kenji Tanabe had no reason to resist anymore and readily agreed.

Just then, good news came from Shimizu Go: Li Shiqun's secretary confessed. This allowed the two testimonies to corroborate each other, greatly enhancing their persuasiveness.

Lin Ze breathed a sigh of relief. The matter was basically half resolved. Next, Okamura would have to negotiate with Jinling. If they refused to expend any resources, this matter would definitely cause a media storm.

Hanaya Masaharu had overheard a lot of Lin Ze and Tanabe Kenji's conversation outside the door, which terrified and shocked him.

He really couldn't figure out whether Lin Ze's words were a lie to Tanabe Kenzai or if they were true.

He used to be proud of his family background, but no matter how powerful the Hanaya family was, they couldn't possibly decide the fate of a local military police commander so easily. You have to understand, the Hanaya family's connections were almost used up to get Hanaya Masashi to his current position!

This is a cognitive bias. Hanaya Masaru thinks that because he comes from Tokyo and is from a so-called prestigious family, he is something special.

In reality, what kind of family is a family of spies? It's like the hereditary commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. It might be okay for one or two generations, but after a while, who cares about your family lineage? Besides, officials are very wary of openly associating with the head of the secret service.

Lin Ze, on the other hand, was different. The restaurants he controlled were natural breeding grounds for the exchange of benefits, and the companies he controlled, such as Beilianchu, Miyamoto Trading Company, and North China Transportation Company, ensured that he could provide huge benefits and convenience to his partners.

The benefits themselves expand with the exchange. When you use your own resources to help A, and then use A to help B, the return that B can give you at this time will far exceed your initial investment in A.

Through this snowballing approach, Kojima Daiki and Miyamoto have woven a fairly large network of relationships in Tokyo. Using their resources to decide the fate of a colonel is not a small matter, but at most a medium one.

Hanaya obediently offered flattery, "Commander Lin, this Tanabe Kenji was so arrogant at first, but as soon as he saw you, he had to behave himself. If you hadn't personally intervened, I really wouldn't know what to do next."

Lin Ze still smiled warmly, "How could that be? Hanaya-kun is very opinionated and resourceful."

Hanaya Masashi broke out in a cold sweat, remembering that he had called Okamura first and then Hayashi Sawa.

If anything happens in the future, should I call Commander Lin immediately...?